20,000+ tribal members warned of data breach
“A Bureau of Indian Affairs spokeswoman says more than 20,000 members of two Montana American Indian tribes were notified of a potential data breach involving their personal information. BIA Spokeswoman Nedra Darling says an external hard drive with details on tribal members was stolen last month from an agency law enforcement vehicle in Big Horn […]
Security breach steals tax info for all Bloomington public school employees
“Personal information for 2,800 current and former Bloomington public school employees was stolen in an e-mail phishing scam, school district officials said. The school district is investigating the security breach, in which the 2016 federal W-2 tax forms of all employees were released. School district employees were informed of the scam on Friday. The information […]
Hackers break into Polish banks through government regulator charged with bank security standards
“Polish banks have spent the last week searching for hackers who broke into several of the country’s financial institutions in an incident that looks to be three months old, according to Polish media. The malware infection appears to have come through — of all things — compromised servers at the Polish financial regulator KNF, which […]
Victims of W-2 phishing scams (2017 list)
“When someone appearing to be your boss emails you and says they urgently need you to send them employees’ W-2 information from 2016, what do you do? Well, if you haven’t been trained properly or reminded often enough – or if your employer doesn’t have safeguards in place that might prevent you from just sending […]
Online Security Survey: Six in Ten Americans are Data Breach Victims
“A large majority of Americans have been victims of one form of data theft or fraud or another, according to Pew Research Center’s latest online security survey. Americans not only are concerned about online threats from cybercriminals, they’re concerned about unauthorized surveillance and us by corporations and government. In addition, a substantial share believe their […]
Kaspersky Lab’s top investigator reportedly arrested in treason probe
“In a move that stunned some security researchers, a top investigator at Russia’s largest antivirus provider, Kaspersky Lab, has been arrested in an investigation into treason, a crime that upon conviction can carry severe sentences. Ruslan Stoyanov, the head of Kaspersky Lab’s investigations unit, was arrested in December, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday. The paper […]
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield loses round in data breach litigation
“Justia provides a summary of an opinion issued by the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that revives a potential class action lawsuit again a New Jersey health insurer. The litigation stemmed from a breach in November, 2013 when two laptops with almost 840,000 members’ personally identifiable information were stolen from Horizon’s offices in […]
‘Hack the Army’ Program Nets 118 Bugs
“And you thought hacking the Pentagon was easy: The US Army last week revealed details of its first bug bounty program. The four-week Hack the Army scheme generated 416 vulnerability reports (nearly 30 percent of which are unique and actionable) and approximately $100,000 for security researchers and bug hunters. The most significant flaw—as reported by […]
United Airlines grounded all domestic flights Sunday due to IT issue
“United Airlines grounded all domestic flights for more than an hour Sunday night due to a computer problem. International flights were not affected, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. A United Airlines aircraft descends onto the runway at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Six flights were […]
Stolen USB Drive Leads to $2.2 Million HIPAA Breach Penalty
“An insurance underwriter paid a $2.2 million HIPAA breach settlement after a USB drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of more than 2,200 people was stolen from its IT department, federal authorities announced today. As part of the Jan. 11 agreement, MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico (MAPFRE) also entered into a […]